Deep Underground Scientific and Engineering Lab
The former Homestake Mine is now home to the Sanford Underground Laboratory. Next year the lab will be turned over to the National Science Foundation for operated and greatly expanded. The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab (DUSEL) at Homestake will address the underground needs of all of the major scientific fields included in the National Science Foundation solicitation process: particle and nuclear physics, geology, hydrology, geo-engineering, biology, and biochemistry. Homestake is the deepest mine in North America with rooms at 8000 ft., well-suited for experiments that require shielding from cosmic rays arriving from space: in particular, the search for dark matter. Large detectors will be used for long baseline neutrino experiments using beams from US accelerator laboratories located at far from Homestake. The large number of tunnels, shafts, boreholes, dedicated access and well known patterns of water flow will allow studies of the dynamics of the earth’s crust. The dedicated access and the diverse geology at Homestake are well-suited for studies of microbiology and life at extreme depth. DUSEL funding will bring billions of dollars into the local economy.
Being completely into the Earth Sciences as a family you can see why this excites us!
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